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The Colony of The Clockwork Armada

“Heartless, Soulless, Ruthless”

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The Colony of The Clockwork Armada is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Rooke with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.599 billion Clockwork Soldiers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dreadnaught Regal. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Armada economy, worth 634 trillion Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,123 Crowns, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 567,076 per year while the poor average 7,555, a ratio of 75.1 to 1.

The newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to The Clockwork Armada" on tails, the Dreadnaught Regal Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District, corporations claim the third ounce of any metal traded in a wicker-cone on the Sunday of a full moon as a charitable expense, and the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Clockwork Armada's national animal is the mechanical bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Atheism.

The Clockwork Armada is ranked 81,235^th in the world and 254^th in Ambition for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.36 law-abiding acts per hour.

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